UK Law Names Interim Dean
Louise Everett Graham has been named acting dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law. more

UK Law Graduate to Become Chief Justice of Kentucky
UK Law Graduate Justice John D. Minton Jr. to be sworn in as chief justice of Kentucky. more

UK Law Helps to Give Home to One of Its Own
(May 22, 2008)
UK Law is partnering with Ashland, Inc., Webasto Roofing Company and Lexington Habitat for Humanity to give a new home to Rita Mays and her family. more

Professor Allison Connelly Recognized by Fayette County Bar Association
(May 01, 2008)
Professor Connelly receives the Citizen Lawyer Award from the Fayette County Bar Association. more

UK College of Law and the Kentucky Innocence Project

The UK College of Law students make a difference participating in the Kentucky Innocence Project (KIP), to provide quality investigative and legal assistance to Kentucky prisoners with provable claims of actual innocence. more

UK Professor Elected to American Law Institute

Professor Sarah Welling elected to the American Law Institute (ALI), the premier learned society for legal academics, in recognition of her national reputation in criminal law. more

Trial Advocacy Team Sweeps Regional Tournament
(March 3, 2008)
Both teams from the UK College of Law National Trial Team defeated competition from 26 teams to sweep the Seventh Region Trial Advocacy Tournament .... more

UK BLSA Trial Team Wins Regional Tournament
(March 3, 2008)
Four students from the University of Kentucky College of Law Black Law Student Association (BLSA) won the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Midwest Regional Competition.... more

Quarles Reappointed to Council on Postsecondary Education
(July 20, 2007)
Ryan Quarles, a second year student at the University of Kentucky College of Law, has been reappointed to the Council on Postsecondary Education.... more

Bratt Assumes Role of Executive Associate Dean
(July 2, 2007)
W. L. Matthews Professor of Law Carolyn S. Bratt assumed the role of Executive Associate Dean effective July 1, 2007. She will be fulfilling the day-to-day duties of College of Law Dean Allan W. Vestal as he focuses his time on the College’s Centennial Campaign, which seeks to raise support for scholarships, endowed professorships and a new law school building. . . . more

Law Professor Receives President's Award for Diversity
(April 13, 2007)
Willbert D. Ham Professor of Law Roberta M. Harding is a 2007 recipient of the President’s Award for Diversity. University of Kentucky President Lee T. Todd Jr., accompanied by Jaime Nebbitt, interim chair of the President’s Commission on Diversity, presented the fifth annual President’s Awards for Diversity in honor and appreciation of those who have demonstrated outstanding efforts toward advancing UK’s mission to embrace diversity while maintaining academic excellence. .... more

UK College of Law Dean Integral in Passage of House Bill
(March 29, 2007)
Allan Vestal, dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law, played an integral part of the creation and passage of House Bill 334. HB 334, sponsored by Rep. Scott Brinkman of Louisville, is one of the largest pieces of modernization legislation for Kentucky Business Entity laws in the Commonwealth's history.... more

Law Professor Published in Kentucky Law Journal
(March 27, 2007)
Paul E. Salamanca, James and Mary Lassiter Professor of Law in the University of Kentucky College of Law, and James Keller, former Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, have an article in the most recent edition of the Kentucky Law Journal, released today. The article, titled "The Legislative Privilege to Judge the Qualifications, Elections, and Returns of Members," examines the case of Stephenson v. Woodward.... more

Law Students Volunteering to Assist with Tax Returns
(March 2, 2007)
A group of University of Kentucky College of Law students is preparing for income tax season, but not just because they need to submit their own returns.  They are volunteering in a program to assist low-income individuals with their taxes.... more

Law Professor Cited in New York Times
(Feb. 28, 2007)
Professor Robert Schwemm, Ashland Professor of Law, was recently cited in a New York Times article on discriminatory housing practices. The Jan. 22 article, titled "Fair Housing, Free Speech and Choosy Roommates," discusses the unique and often colorful roommate-wanted ads appearing on Web sites like Roommates.com. . ... more

Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Create Diversity Scholarship
(Feb. 13, 2007)
David Calhoun, co-chair of the Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Diversity Committee will join Dean Allan Vestal of the University of Kentucky College of Law and UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. at a signing ceremony establishing a diversity scholarship at the UK College of Law. ... more

Black Law Student Association Hosts Free Legal Fair
(Feb. 12, 2007)
The University of Kentucky Black Law Student Association (BLSA) is hosting a free legal fair from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at Booker T. Washington Academy. ... more

UK Law Mock Trial Team Tops Intrastate Competition
(Nov. 27, 2006)
A University of Kentucky College of Law mock trial team placed first in the annual Kentucky Tri-School Mock Trial Competition held Saturday, Nov. 19 in Covington, Ky.... more

UK Law BLSA Mock Trial Team Place Second in Nation
(March 28, 2006)
Four students from the University of Kentucky College of Law Black Law Student Association (BLSA) have taken second-place in the nation in the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial National Competition held this weekend in Washington, D.C. ... more

Two UK Law Students Join NBLSA Executive Board
(March 9, 2006)
University of Kentucky College of Law students Adrienne Thakur and Brandi Stewart have been named to the National Black Law Student Association (NBLSA) Executive Board in the southern region... more

UK Law Student Receives National Award
(March 6, 2006)
Greg Napier, a third-year University of Kentucky law student, was one of six law students nationwide to be selected by the American College of Bankruptcy as a Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student. ... more

UK Law BLSA Mock Trial Team Win Tournament
(Feb. 13, 2006)
Four students from the UK College of Law Black Law Student Association (BLSA) won the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Southern Regional Competition this weekend in Durham, N.C. ... more

UK College of Law Hosts Seventh Annual Tri-School Mock Trial Competition
(November 11, 2005)

Former Chair of Iraq & Afghanistan Reconstruction Speaks
(November 2, 2005)

Law Professor Former Clerk of US Supreme Court Nominee Alito
(October 31, 2005)

UK Law Professorship Honors Second African-American Graduate
(October 25, 2005)

UK College of Law Graduates Surpass All Others In Kentucky Bar Results
(October 5, 2005)

UK College of Law Announces 2005 Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees
(June 8, 2005)


New Program Offers College of Law Scholarships for Eastern Kentucky
(June 7, 2005)


Sen. McConnell Announces Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project
(March 23, 2005)

Eugene Gaetke Receives Great Teacher Award
(February 23, 2005)

UK Moot Court Team Places Second
(February 26, 2005)

UK School of Law Ranks Third in the Nation
January 3, 2005

UK Alum First African-American Woman President of the Lexington Junior League
(October 1, 2004)

UK College of Law Center named for U.S. Senator
(August 29, 2003)


Click here for UK Law Professor Bob Lawson's Kentucky Law Journal article: Difficult Times in Kentucky Corrections - Aftershocks of a "Tough on Crime" Philosophy.